Publications

Research Highlights / Editorials (without byline) / Q&A:


J.M. Zarate (2023). How high can the brain compensate. Nature Neuroscience, 27(1). doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01539-6 [link]
J.M. Zarate (2023). This neuroprosthesis was made for walking. Nature Neuroscience, 26(12). doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01528-9 [link]
J.M. Zarate (2023). Octopuses untethered. Nature Neuroscience, 26(12). doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01527-w [link]
J.M. Zarate (2023). Oscillatory index of speech reception deficits. Nature Neuroscience, 26(11). doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01492-4 [link]
J.M. Zarate (2023). In conversation with Lucina Q. Uddin. Nature Neuroscience, 26(6). doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01348-x [link]
J.M. Zarate (2023). fMRI signatures of social perception. Nature Neuroscience, 26(1). doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01248-6 [link]
J.M. Zarate (2022). MEG signature of sexual trauma. Nature Neuroscience, 25(9). doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01157-8 [link]
Lead writer on team Editorial (2022). Revisiting doubt in neuroimaging research. Nature Neuroscience, 25(7): 833-834. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01125-2 [link]
J.M. Zarate (2021). Identifying people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience, 24(11): 1503. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00953-y [link]
J.M. Zarate (2021). Early neural connectivity predicts language skills. Nature Neuroscience, 24(10): 1342. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00933-2. [link]
Lead writer on team Editorial (2020). Widening the scope of diversity. Nature Neuroscience, 23(8): 903. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0670-2. [link]
W.A. Suzuki, M.I. Feliú-Mójer, U. Hasson, R. Yehuda, J.M. Zarate (2018). Dialogues: The Science and Power of Storytelling. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(44): 9468-9470. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1942-18.2018. [pdf]
Editorial, Focus on Human Brain Mapping (2017). Fostering reproducible fMRI research. Nature Neuroscience, 20(3): 298. doi: 10.1038/nn.4521. [link]
Editorial, Focus on Human Brain Mapping (2017). Focus on human brain mapping. Nature Neuroscience, 20(3): 297. doi: 10.1038/nn.4522. [link]
J.M. Zarate (2015). The cost of brain structure. Nature Neuroscience, 18(5): 619. doi: 10.1038/nn0515-619. [link]
J.M. Zarate (2014). Oxytocin for all senses. Nature Neuroscience, 17(3): 340. doi: 10.1038/nn0314-340. [link]

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:


X. Tian, J.M. Zarate, D. Poeppel (2016). Mental imagery of speech implicates two mechanisms of perceptual reactivation. Cortex, 77:1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.01.002. [link]
J.M. Zarate*, X. Tian*, K.J.P. Woods, D. Poeppel (2015). Multiple levels of linguistic and paralinguistic features contribute to voice recognition. Scientific Reports, 5: 11475. doi:10.1038/srep11475. (* - equally contributing authors). [pdf]  (Supplementary material [doc])
T. Overath, J.H. McDermott, J.M. Zarate, D. Poeppel (2015). The cortical analysis of speech-specific temporal structure revealed by responses to sound quilts. Nature Neuroscience, 18(6): 903-911. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate, C.R. Ritson, D. Poeppel (2013). The effect of instrumental timbre on interval discrimination. PLoS ONE, 8(9): e75410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075410. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate (2013). The neural control of singing (review paper). Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, 7: 237. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00237. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate (2013). Cortical mechanisms of integrating auditory feedback with vocal pitch regulation control. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19: 060176. [pdf]
R.J. Zatorre, K. Delhommeau, J.M. Zarate (2012). Modulation of auditory cortex response to pitch variation following training with micromelodies. Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, 3: 544. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00544. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate, C.R. Ritson, D. Poeppel (2012). Pitch interval discrimination and musical expertise: is the semitone a perceptual boundary? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(2): 984-993. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate, K. Delhommeau, S. Wood, R.J. Zatorre (2010). Vocal accuracy and neural plasticity following micromelody-discrimination training. PLoS ONE, 5(6): e11181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011181. [pdf]
S. Hutchins*, J.M. Zarate*, R.J. Zatorre, I. Peretz (2010). An acoustical study of vocal pitch matching in congenital amusia. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(1): 504-512. (* - equally contributing authors) [pdf]
J.M. Zarate, S. Wood, R.J. Zatorre (2010). Neural networks involved in voluntary and involuntary vocal pitch regulation in experienced singers. Neuropsychologia, 48(2): 607-618. [pdf] (Supplementary material [doc])
J.M. Zarate & R.J. Zatorre (2008). Experience-dependent neural substrates involved in vocal pitch regulation during singing. NeuroImage,  40(4): 1871-1887. [pdf]
J.M. Zarate & R.J. Zatorre (2005). Neural substrates governing audio-vocal integration for vocal pitch regulation in singing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060: 404-408. [pdf]

Book Chapters:


B.A. Kleber & J.M. Zarate (2019), The neuroscience of singing. In Oxford Handbook of Singing, G. Welch, D. Howard, J. Nix (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [link]
R.J. Zatorre & J.M. Zarate (2012). Cortical processing of music. In The Human Auditory Cortex, Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, D. Poeppel, T. Overath, A.N. Popper, R.R. Fay (Eds.). New York: Springer. [link]

Selected Conference Abstracts:


J.M. Zarate, D. Poeppel (2012). The dorsal auditory stream's role in pitch transformations and comparisons. Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2012 Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.
T. Overath, J.H. McDermott, J.M. Zarate, D. Poeppel (2011-2012). Sensitivity to temporal structure in the human auditory system.4th International Conference on Auditory Cortex (2012), Lausanne, Switzerland.2011 Neurobiology of Language Conference, Annapolis, USA.2011 Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology, Washington, DC, USA.Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (2011), Annapolis, USA.
J.M. Zarate, S. Wood, R.J. Zatorre (2009).  Neural networks involved in voluntary vocal pitch regulation in singers. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, USA.
J.M. Zarate & R.J. Zatorre (2008).  Brain regions involved in coarse and fine vocal pitch regulation. The Neurosciences and Music III: Disorders and plasticity, Montréal, Canada.
J.M. Zarate, K. Delhommeau, R.J. Zatorre (2007). Modulation of the functional network for singing following auditory training.2007 Conference for the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal, Canada.Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, USA.
R. Zatorre, K. Delhommeau, J. Zarate (2007). Auditory cortex changes after micromelody learning.2007 Conference for the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal, Canada.Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, USA.
J.M. Zarate & R.J. Zatorre (2005). Neural substrates governing audio-vocal integration for pitch regulation in singing.Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Toronto, Canada.The Neurosciences and Music II: From perception to performance, Leipzig, Germany.